Figuring Out the Stuff Between the Beginning and the End

Rewatching Buffy – Episode 73

Welcome to Rewatching Buffy, the part of the blog where I rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Each Tuesday evening, you’re invited to join me as I attempt to rediscover what made me love this show 21 years ago.

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Buffy and the gang are hanging out in a cemetery, as they often do.

Buffy is fighting vampires, as she often does.

She dusts one, but a second gets away.

When they follow the vampire into a crypt, they find him and a few others feeding on a clearly dead person. At the very least, he’s about to die.

They decide a nest is too much for Buffy to handle alone, so they go for help.

Obviously, they turn to Jonathan.

Need a refresher on who Jonathan is? He’s the kid who went into the bell tower at the high school to commit suicide back when Buffy could hear people’s thoughts.

Jonathan gives Buffy pointers on how to fight. He talks to Giles as if they’re intellectual peers. He out hacks Willow on the computer. Something’s not right in Sunnydale.

They all attack the vampire nest and Buffy’s able to slay one while Jonathan takes out the other two.

As they emerge from the crypt, the paparazzi want to catch a glimpse of Jonathan.

Spike also emerges and treats Jonathan as if they’re arch nemeses.

Something’s definitely not right in Sunnydale.

Willow goes to hang with Tara and they work on a wall collage made up of pictures of Jonathan’s face.